alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPrehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wildwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down12cross-posted to: everythingscience@lemmy.worldeverythingscience@lemmy.worldupliftingnews@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.onlinescience@beehaw.org
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkPrehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wildwww.theguardian.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: everythingscience@lemmy.worldeverythingscience@lemmy.worldupliftingnews@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.onlinescience@beehaw.org
minus-squareQuinicV@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoSo we were aware they weren’t completely extinct since we were keeping a few around? The title makes it seem like it just popped up and was a complete surprise.
minus-squareLifeBandit666@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI’m sure when they were rediscovered, it was a complete surprise.
minus-squareanon_water@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year ago“South Island takahē were dramatically rediscovered in 1948 by Geoffrey Orbell in an isolated valley in the South Island’s Murchison Mountains” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahē
minus-squareclgoh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year ago Once thought extinct. Before some were found, they were thought to be extinct.
So we were aware they weren’t completely extinct since we were keeping a few around? The title makes it seem like it just popped up and was a complete surprise.
I’m sure when they were rediscovered, it was a complete surprise.
“South Island takahē were dramatically rediscovered in 1948 by Geoffrey Orbell in an isolated valley in the South Island’s Murchison Mountains”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahē
Before some were found, they were thought to be extinct.